#WorldCOPDDay
November 17 marks World COPD Day. This year’s theme, “Healthy Lungs – Never More Important”, aims to highlight the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the importance of keeping our lungs healthy. To …
Awareness campaigns
PEDro celebrates World PT Day on 8 September 2021
September 8 marks World PT Day 2021. The theme for this year is rehabilitation for long COVID. The start of the pandemic saw many physiotherapists step up to provide high-quality clinical care to manage the …
PEDro celebrates World COPD Day on 18 November 2020
World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day is organised by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with the World Health Organization. COPD is a disease that causes breathlessness, chronic sputum …
PEDro celebrates World Mental Health Day 2020
October 10, 2020 is #WorldMentalHealthDay, a campaign by the World Federation for Mental Health to promote universal access to mental health care. The COVID-19 pandemic has made this year a challenging one for most of …
PEDro honours the adaptability and resilience of physiotherapists during the COVID-19 pandemic for World Physiotherapy Day
2020 has been an exceptional year for the global physiotherapy community, who have risen to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating both resilience and adaptability. The American Psychological Society defines resilience as “the process …
PEDro celebrates Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month July 2020
Juvenile arthritis is an umbrella term used for paediatric rheumatic disease, it is an autoimmune condition affecting 1 in 1000 children worldwide. The most common type is juvenile idiopathic arthritis, but the term also includes …
PEDro celebrates World Continence Week 15-22 June 2020
15-22 June 2020 is World Continence Week, a global initiative run by the World Federation of Incontinence Patients with the support of the International Continence Society. Their goal us to help facilitate continence awareness and …
Time to start thinking about physiotherapy beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
The easing of COVID-19 restrictions in some countries presents an opportunity to reflect on what we have learnt so far and how we can shape the future. Madeleine Albright, the United States of America’s first …
PEDro celebrates Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month in May 2020
May 2020 is #CFawareness Month, a time for those affected by cystic fibrosis, their families, healthcare team and supporters to raise awareness of the condition. Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease that primarily affects …
PEDro celebrates World Down Syndrome Day on 21 March 2020
21 March 2020 is #WorldDownSyndromeDay. This year’s theme is #WeDecide, a campaign encouraging all people with Down Syndrome to participate fully in decision making that affects their lives. Physiotherapists who work with children and adults …
